幾乎, 不遠, 差不多, 靠近; 在...的隔壁幢屋子Such ideas are next door to madness. 那種想法幾乎就是瘋狂。I'm afraid it's next door to impossible that we'll be there on time. 看來我們幾乎不可能按時到達那裡了。
幾乎沒有, 非常少When Mr. Green first started to work, he earned next to nothing. 祖L先生第一次出來工作時, 他幾乎沒賺到什麼錢。They paid me next to nothing for my baby-sitting. 他們付給我的照看嬰兒費簡直是少之又少。